Stomp dance wooden drumstick with rubber tip / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

This is most likely a pow wow drumstick. The top circular portion of the drumstick would have been used to pound the drum.

Tags: leathe, rleather fringe, pow wow drumstick, wood, metal, rubber
People: Creek
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: pow wow, dances

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Stomp dance wooden drumstick with rubber tip

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Muscogee (Creek)

Date:

early 1900s

Materials/Techniques:

wood, rubber, leather, metal

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Drumstick

Credit Line:

Gift of the family of Wilford R. Gay

Accession No:

84.3213

Previous Number(s):

TL2005.28.1-2; TL2005.28.2

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Length: 13 1/2in. (34.3cm)
Width: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

brown, ceremonies, ceremony, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, dance, Dancing, drumming, drums (membranophones), drumsticks, instrument, music, percussion instruments, percussionists, rhythm, rituals (events), southeast, wood

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Unknown. Stomp dance wooden drumstick with rubber tip. 84.3213. early 1900s. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/843213 (07/17/2019).

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